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SMITHSONIAN.DEPOSIT 



FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT 



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OF THE 



State Veterinarian 



OF WISCONSIN. 



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BY 



V. T. ATKINSON, V. S. 








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MADISON, WISCONSIN: 
DEMOCRAT PRINTING COMPANY, STATE PRINTERS. 
1888. 






Milwaukee, Wis., October 31, 1888. 
To His Excellency, Jeremiah M. Rusk, 

Governor of Wisconsin : 

I have the honor to submit, as required by law, my fourth 
-annual report. 

Very respectfully, 

V. T. ATKINSON, V. S., 

State Veterinarian. 



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REPOET. 



The year just closed has, so far as this office is concerned, 
presented nothing to particularly distinguish it from the 
previous years for which I have reported. The reports of 
suspected cases of contagious diseases have been so numer- 
ous as to occupy nearly all my time^ in their investigation, 
and at times the work has come in so rapidly as to render it 
impossible to comply with all requests promptly, so that 
local officers sometimes became impatient. 

This, I think, was perhaps due largely to a misunderstand- 
ing of the respective powers and duties of the various of- 
ficers in the management of contagious diseases of animals 
as conferred and imposed by law. 

The importance of better understanding has become so 
apparent that I deem it advisable to append to this report 
the law in relation to our work, so that when printed, it may 
be used as a convenient reference. 

Of the whole amount of work done, and number of in- 
vestigations made, fully two-thirds have been suspected 
cases of Glanders. 

GLANDEKS. 

Although many suspected cases reported to this office 
proved, upon investigation, to be spurious, more genuine 
cases were found than was anticipated. * 

Cases were found in the following counties: Ashland, 
Barron, Burnett, Chippewa, Dane, Dunn, Eau Claire, Jef- 
ferson, Manitowoc, Milwaukee, Oneida, Outagamie, Polk, 
Shawano, Trempealeau, Washburn, Winnebago and Wau- 
paca. In all fifty-two animals suffering from the disease 
were discovered and ordered destroyed. 

Unfortunately the disease has not been confined solely to 
the equine species, two cases have developed in human be- 



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Glanders. 



ings, with fatal results in both. As this feature of the 
malady is of special importance, I present herewith state- 
ments of the attending physician. 

The following letter in reply to an inquiry from the office 
explains itself: 

"Upson, Wis., March 14, 1888. 
"Dr. V. T. Atkinson, Y. S., 

"Dear Sir : — Your favor received, for which I am greatly 
obliged. The Glandered horse of which I communicated to 
you some time ago, was in the chronic stage of the disease. 
A bad case. The case was brought to my notice by my 
being called to see his owner, who was suffering from a 
disease, the symptoms of which bore a striking resemblance 
to those of acute Glanders, as described in medical works. 
Up to this time I had never seen a case of the disease in 
man. 

"Examination of the horse showed undoubted Glanders 
in an advanced stage, and it was subsequently ordered shot. 

"An unhealed abrasion of the skin upon the man's hand, 
pointed to the probable point of inoculation. The patient 
soon developed all symptoms of acute Glanders and died 
on the 12th day of the disease. 

"I met Dr. A. Des Jardins, of Hurley, Wis., in consulta- 
tion upon this case, and by him, as well as myself, it was 
considered a typical case of acute Glanders. 

" This case may be interesting to you as I believe the dis- 
ease is somewhat rare in man. 

' ' Respectfully, 

"G. W. Kennicott, M. D., 
"Health Office, Town of Ashland. Upson, Wis." 

As this animal was destroyed shortly after the discovery 
of the disease in the man, so that I had no opportunity to 
examine it, subsequent investigation left no doubt in my 
mind, but that the animal was suffering from Glanders. 



State Veterinarian. 



Acute Glanders. 



The second case occurred in the city of Manitowoc, and 
is explained by the following communications, which were 
prepared at my request. 

In this case I saw the suspected animal shortly after the 
death of Mr. Dow, when it presented unmistakable symp- 
toms of Glanders, and was destroyed upon my order: 



CASE OF ACUTE GLANDERS. 

Was called on March 3rd, 1888, to see W. P. Dow, a strong, 
robust man of fifty-six years, with an excellent family and 
personal history. His occupation necessitated the employ- 
ment of a number of horses, and he made a side issue of 
Tmying or trading for horses in some way imperfect, and 
after doctoring them up would often dispose of them to 
good advantage; in this way he procured in August last, 
a, horse which had a "bad cold" accompanied by consider- 
able nasal discharge. This trifling defect, however, he con- 
sidered of no particular importance, as he thought he could 
easily cure it; and throughout the winter he had been dos- 
ing the animal with all sorts of remedies, and in the act of 
administering them would often have cuts and abrasions 
produced on the back of his hands by the horse's teeth. 

His habits were not very cleanly, and I was informed 
afterward that apart from the fact that he did not wash his 
hands very often, he had a habit of blowing his nose with 
his fingers. Another habit he had, which may have some 
bearing on the question, was that of wiping the mucus from 
the nose of his horse with his coat sleeve, and using the 
same article to keep clean his own nasal appendage. 

At the time of my first visit I found him sitting in the 
room with some other members of the family; he said he 
was not sick enough to go to bed, and did not feel well 
enough to attend to his business, having about a week pre- 
vious been exposed for some hours to a severe storm, had 



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Acute Glanders. 



contracted a bad cold which was better, but showed a ten- 
dency to hang on, so he consented to call in a physician. 

He h?„d a slight cough, headache, general malaise, bowels 
constipated, tongue heavily furred, breath very offensive, 
sleeps very heavily, temperature 105, pulse 85, complains of 
feeling chilly all the time, but has had no distinct rigor ex- 
cept once, about four or five days previous, sweats a good 
deal, perspiration very offensive, no nasal discharge, but 
breathing somewhat labored and snuffling. Could detect 
nothing abnormal by physical examination of the viscera, 
except slight Bronchitis. 

Has several abrasions on the back of his left hand and a 
cut on the middle finger of right hand. Left forearm just 
above wrist swollen and painful, no glandular enlargements 
nor any redness of lymphatics. 

Wife says she noticed a few days ago a lump under his- 
left arm, but that has disappeared if it had ever existed. 
The wounds on the hand looked healthy and seemed to be 
healing. Prescribed a laxative to be followed by Quinine 
Sulph., grs. V. every two hours. 

Monday, March 5th: Was called in again to-day and found 
patient somewhat worse, sweating profusely, temperature 
and pulse about the same as at previous visit, bowels had 
moved, f seces being very offensive and dark colored, has a 
hard painful swelling just external to right stemomastoid 
muscle, about size of hen's egg, says he cannot sleep at all, 
examined urine, found no albumen nor sugar; Sp. Gr. 1025, 
and loaded with urate. 

Ordered Sod. Salicylat grs. XV. Hydrarg. Perchlor. 
grs. 1-16. Pot. Iod. grs. X. every two hours and Pulv.. 
Dover grs. V. at bedtime. 

Wednesday, March 7: Patient feels a little better, slept 
well after the opiate. Gland in neck is considerably 
larger, arm about same. Temp. 100, pulse 90. His 
wife called my attention to two hard lumps extremely sen- 
sitive and painful, deeply bedded in the substance of the 



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Acute Glanders. 



right Gastrocnemius muscle, and says he is at times some- 
what delirious, bowels moved this morning, faeces light 
colored and free from any unusual odor, no more chills but 
has continuous and profuse sweats. 

Thursday, March 8: Had to take 2 Dover powders last 
night but slept fairly well after them. Mind wanders a 
great deal. Temp. 100, pulse 80, enlargement in neck 
increasing in size, those of muscle in leg larger and a lump 
in left Gastrocnemius and one in the biceps have developed 
since my visit yesterday, not much cough and very little 
expectoration, breathing becoming more difficult. 

Friday, March 9 : 9 A.M. Patient slept very badly not- 
withstanding he had taken 3, 10 gr. Dover powders. There 
is a good deal of wild delirium, but is at times quite ra- 
tional for a minute or two. Temperature unmoved, pulse 
75, found two or three more hard lumps this morning, all 
deeply imbedded in the muscular tissues. Has had no more 
chills but still sweats so that he is continually drenched. 

2 P. M. : was called in this P. M. to find patient much 
worse. 

Temperature 100-5, pulse 120, delirium increasing, in fact 
he is so wild that it is only with the greatest difficulty he is 
restrained. Dr. Luhman saw the case with me and sug- 
gested the addition of acid carbolic in one gr. pill, to the 
treatment, and thinks it a case of Glanders. 

Saturday, March 10: Patient is getting worse rapidly,, 
pulse is very frequent and is losing volune. Temp, is con- 
tinuously high, delirium constant and sweats still continue, 
the muscles are now full of small hard lumps, the flexor 
groups being more affected than the exterior. The cervi- 
cal swelling now occupies most of the side of the neck and 
head; joints are not affected, the wounds in the hand are 
still healing. 

Sunday, March 11: Cervical enlargement opened last 
night and discharged a large quantity of sanguinous pus 
and left a grayish yellow ulcer, but the size of the swell- 



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Acute Glanders. 



ing did not seem to diminish at all, respirations became 

more and more difficult. 

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Monday, March 12: Patient sinking all the time, no 
more of the neoplasms have opened but several of them 
have softened and evidently contain pus. It is necessary 
to keep him constantly under the influence of morphine in 
order to contain him. 

Died at 11 P. M. and no autopsy was allowed. A few 
1 days before his death Drs. Pritchard and Simmon saw the 
case with me, and although a great many symptoms were 
lacking to make up a typical case, still we could not but 
agree that it was a case of acute Glanders, probably con- 
tracted by inoculation, through the mucus membrane of the 

nose or mouth. 

Yours respectfully, 

A. C. Fraser. 



-Manitowoc, Wis. 



Manitowoc, Wis., June 7, 1888. 

Y. T. Atkinson, Y. S., Milwaukee. 

Dear Sir: — On March 10th 7 1888, I saw W. Dow in con- 
sultation with Drs. Fraser and Simmon of this place and 
found him suffering with the following symptoms : Had 
fluctuating temperature, at times 101 1-2 and in an hour or 
two nearly normal. Complaint of pain at the root of his 
nose extending upward over his forehead. Was delirious, 
but exhibited the exhilaration resembling in some respects 
alcoholic intoxication. A patch of redness at the root of 
his nose and it seemed slightly oedematous on this portion 
of his face. His face was somewhat flushed and eyes very 
bright and sparkling. Pulse rapid, presenting all appear- 
ances of system intoxication, usually exhibited in blood- 
poisoning. He had a large tumor on the right side of his 
neck, and apparently involving the Parotid gland and all 



State Veterinarian. 



Acute Glanders. 



tissues surrounding it in this region. Had a large number 
of muscular tumors, none of which seemed to cause pain 
at this time, none were tender. He did not complain es- 
pecially of his nose or throat, yet there was a distinct inter- 
ference with free respirations through his nose, but not 
more than would probably be caused by a cold affect- 
ing these parts. He had a slight cough and expectorated a 
little viscid mucus. 

In making our diagnosis we were obliged to admit septi- 
caemia, which from the peculiar symptoms and appear- 
ances was no doubt specific, and from his personal history 
was no doubt Glanders. 

On inquiry of his son, we were informed that he had a 
horse that had been suffering with a discharge from the 
nose, and that he had been treating it by various methods 
for some months, using his hands very freely in cleaning 
the animal from this discharge and not being any way 
cautious about protecting himself. At times it is said that 
he gave the horse medicine, by passing his arm and hand 
into the horse's mouth and that he had been bitten in some 
of these efforts at treating the animal. 

There can be but little question that his affection, with 
this history, came from direct contagion, and although he 
had no unusual local manifestation of the disease, yet 
neither had he any less of the constitutional effects, except 
that the nasal cavities did not show marked symtomsj in 
the way of discharge, but he scarcely lived long enough to 
have the ulceration process, develop. 

The important and pronounced symptoms in this case 
were the development of deep muscular tumors, but as a 
post mortem was denied we could not determine the exact 
nature of them, but think they were infiltration caused by 
the bacteria and would probably have suppurated had life 
lasted sufficiently long. 

We can regard Glanders only in the light of a specific 
blood-poisoning having its peculiar germ and differing from 



10 Report of the 



Glanders in Man. 



other forms only in its local manifestations. We do not 
need to hazard a guess on the subject now, for the micro- 
scope exhibits in positive light the peculiar germ and the 
only question for us to decide is, how can we best prevent 
and cure the evil. ~No doubt the disease is contagious in 
the same manner that all forms of sepsis are and the best 
cure is preventation. It is a disease that not only af- 
fects the horse but other animals as well, and all cases 
when the symptoms are at all suspicious, should be 
strictly isolated for a period of three months, or until the 
question is postively settled. The question of this disease 
being in any probability contracted by inhaling the germs 
floating in the atmosphere has by elaborate experiments 
been proven to be improbable. 

Very truly yours, 

J. W. Pritchard. 



REPORT TO STATE VETERINARIAN V. T. ATKINSON, V. S., OF 
A CASE OF GLANDERS IN MAN. 

The victim, Capt. Dow, who lost his life from contracting 
Glanders of his diseased horse, was a usually robust, 
powerful man, a man never much inclined to take care of 
himself or pay particular attention to personal cleanliness. 

He was considerable of a horse jockey, and as usual with 
that class he was a " horse doctor." About a year or more 
before he became sick, he got hold of a diseased horse, the 
horse having some nose and throat affection, which he 
treated with unusual caution, the family say, fearing it 
might be Glanders. They also say that for the last year 
he was himself troubled with catarrhal discharges more or 
less, and that at times was somewhat lame after little ex- 
posure, and was unusually nervous. During the winter, 
the family report that he was also absent-minded and often 
very irritable. Some time last fall Dow got hold of 



State Veterinarian. 11 

Glanders in Man. 

another diseased horse that was known to have Glanders 
before he bought it. 

On Sunday, March 4th, 1888, he complained of being ill, 
thought he had taken a bad cold, but did not go to bed until 
Tuesday, the 6th, when he complained of weakness and 
feeling very tired, least exertion causing perspiration, had 
pain in the head, and sleep when he got it, was much 
troubled. The glands in the neck began to swell and get 
sore very soon after, and a physician was called who sup- 
posed he was suffering from a bad cold and perhaps rheu- 
matism, as his neck and arms were slightly stiffened. This 
stiffness gradually extended to all the joints, and, at the 
same time, all the lymphatic glands felt sore and many of 
them began to swell, became red and painful. 

The fever increased, he could not sleep, was delirious, 
very restless, talked and sang, and would not stay in bed 
except when kept under the influence of an anodyne; was 
constantly at work and in trouble over it. At first he did 
not have much discharge from the nose and throat, but as 
the fever and swelling about the neck increased the dis- 
charges also increased. The bowels were constipated and 
when they moved from action of a cathartic, the faeces were 
very offensive and yellow. The urine was highly colored, 
full of sediment and scanty. After he had been sick four 
or five days, a consultation was called and it was thought 
the man must be suffering from Glanders, and the physi- 
cians gave him the carbolic acid treatment with Dover 
powder to keep him quiet. 

I saw him first on the 10th of March, and got the above his- 
tory of the case. At this time he was a sorry sight to see. 
Crazy with delirium, constantly groaning and talking and 
working with his hands at the bed clothes, mucus rattling in 
the throat, face and neck enormously swollen and very red, 
eyes wild and bloodshot, tongue much coated, dark brown, 
and breath very offensive; abscesses on wrists and ankles, 



12 Beport of the 



Glanders in Man. 



glands on arms and legs swollen. The liver and other ab- 
dominal glands were swollen and painful. The lungs and 
pleura were evidently affected, but rales were so loud could 
not determine how extensively. There was no consolida- 
tion, however. His pulse was very rapid and soft nearly 
all the time from the commencement of the disease. At in- 
tervals he would answer questions in a lucid manner and 
complain of pains in the chest, side, throat, swollen side of 
neck and head, and along the lymphatic glands of the arms 
and legs. Tongue swollen and speech thick. He grad- 
ually grew weaker, became more delirious and finally cata- 
mose for hours before death, which came easily on the 
morning of the 12th, eight days after going to bed. About 
thirty-six hours before death, abscesses opened about the 
right side of the neck and right ankle, discharging sanious, 
grumous, badly smelling pus. 

Treatment did not seem to have any influence to speak 
of. Carbolic acid was tried first in usual doses. After I 
took charge of the case he took arsenic and kali bichroni- 
cum, each in the 2x trituration in about two grain doses 
once in one or two hours alternately. He seemed a little 
more quiet after a few hours, but the disease went on the 
same. 

At times I was compelled to administer Dover powder or 
hypodermics of morphine to quiet down the furious delirium. 

The horse from which he contracted the disease did not 
appear to be very badly affected, Mr. Dow having used him 
all winter. The horse had considerable discharge from the 
nose and several times parties saw Dow cleaning his nos- 
trils and then go on with his work without washing his 
hands. In this way he probably became affected by get- 
ting the poison into the general system through food and 
water, as he had no open sores on the hands during the 
sickness that might show a local point of infection^ 

R K. Paine, M. D. 
Manitowoc, Wis., July 18, 1888. 






State Vetekinarian. 13 ; 



Contagious Pleuro Pneumonia, and Texas Fever. 



CONTAGIOUS PLEURO PNEUMONIA. 

The danger with which we were recently threatened from 
invasion of this disease seems to have been removed. 

The outbreak in Chicago, which gave us so much cause 
for alarm has become a thing of the past. The National 
Bureau of Animal Industry, in co-operation with the Board 
of Live Stock Commissioners of Illinois have completed so 
thorough a system of inspection and stamping out, that all 
danger from that source seems to have been removed, so 
that on the fifth of May last deeming it unnecessary to 
longer continue the impediment to commerce, which the 
quarantine regulations imposed, a proclamation was issued 
by Governor Rusk, removing all restrictions on the ship- 
ment of live stock from Illinois to this State. 



TEXAS FEVER. 

The splendid crop of hay and coarse feeds of this year, 
have exposed our stock feeders to a new risk of loss, dur- 
ing the early autumn. 

Owing to the short crops of the two previous years the 
supply of stock cattle in the state has been greatly reduced, 
so that it was insufficient to consume the crop. In order to 
make up the deficit, purchases were made from outside 
markets, particularly at Chicago stock yards, where un- 
fortunately sufficient care does not seem to have been exer- 
cised in the isolation of Texas cattle or other cattle capable 
of transmitting Texas fever to our northern cattle. In the 
latter part of August this disease was developed in two of 
our herds, one in Dane and the other in Fond du Lac county. 
The loss by death in one case amounting to five head, and 
in the other to four, besides in both cases being a source of 



14 Keport of the 



Texas Fever. 



annoyance and alarm to the owner and neighboring feed- 
ers. Anticipating other purchases with possibly similar 
results, it may be as well at this time to explain briefly the 
nature of the malady. 

Cattle coming from the miasmatic districts found in the 
states bordering on the Gulf of Mexico, although themselves 
apparently healthy when brought in contact with our 
northern cattle transmit to them a very fatal disease com- 
monly known as Texas Fever. 

In order to contract the disease it is not necessary that 
the northern cattle come in actual contact with those from 
the south. It is sufficient if they be kept in the same pas- 
tures, pens or cars in which the southern cattle have been 
kept. After exposure the disease makes its appearance in 
from three to four weeks, at first the afflicted animal is noticed 
to separate itself from the herd, standing alone with the feet 
drawn close together, the back arched and the head de- 
pressed, the appetite gone and the flanks hollow. As the 
disease advances the animal shows staggering gait in the 
hind parts, followed by inabiliy to stand. The urine is 
dark colored or bloody 

, Death occurs in from one to four days. Very little can be 
done in the way of treatment. The disease is so fatal in its 
tendency that about nine out of every ten animals attacked, 
die. 

Fortunately, however, it cannot be transmitted from one 
northern animal to another, so that the outbreaks are al- 
ways confined to the animals which have been directly ex- 
posed to the contagion, and never spreads beyond them to 
other cattle with which they are associated. 

Another fortunate peculiarity is the diseased germ is un- 
able to withstand frost, so that all danger for the present 
season at least is past. 



State Veterinarian. 15 



Sheep Scab. 



SHEEP SCAB. 

In February last my attention was called to some flocks 
of sheep in Waukesha county, near Mukwonago. My in- 
formation was from the chairman of the town. By arrange- 
ment I met a number of prominent feeders at Mukwonago 
and obtained the following facts : 

Mukwonago is regarded as one of the best feeding places 
for western sheep that are destined for Chicago market. 

In July, 1887, a large flock of sheep were received for pas- 
ture, some of which it is now believed were affected with 
scab. These sheep were associated directly and indirectly 
with five flocks of fine wool sheep owned in the locality. 

Careful inspection disclosed the fact that nine sheep, di- 
vided among three of the flocks were scabby beyond doubt. 

After the inspection I had a further conference with the 
local owners, at which time there was a strong sentiment 
expressed in favor of excluding all western sheep from 
Waukesha county, which would require a form of quaran- 
tine for which the law makes no provision. 

After carefully instructing the owners in the proper 
methods of treatment, and impressing the absolute neces- 
sity of complete isolation of diseased animals, I returned 
home and at once began inquiry with a view to finding out 
what the chances were of similar shipments being made. 
Replies to my letters were received from the officials of Col- 
orado, Dakota, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon and 
Wyoming, from which it appeared the disease was preva- 
lent to considerable extent in the west, but within the last 
two years strenuous efforts have been made to stamp it out, 
and that there now is such official supervision as would not 
be likely to permit of other shipments of diseased sheep. 
That those reports were correct has been shown by the ex- 
perience of the present season, one hundred and fifty-eight 
double deck cars have been received and pastured at Muk- 



16 Eeport of the 



Sheep Scab. 



wonago since January first, and not a single scabby sheep 
reported. The following is a brief description of sheep scab : 
This disease is a purely skin disease, and is due to a very 
minute animal parasite which infests the skin of the dis- 
eased sheep and irritating it, produces the symptoms pecu- 
liar to the disease. 

. After exposure the first noticeable symptom is generally 
roughened coat, rubbing, biting, scratching with the foot, 
restlessness, stains about the neck and shoulders. All these 
symptoms are aggravated by warm weather or exercise. 
The wool has a sticky appearance. Examination of the 
skin, at the irritated part, reveals small vesicles. As the 
disease advances the vesicles run together forming large 
raw surfaces from which the wool drops off. If nothing 
is done to check the progress of the disease it soon spreads 
over the body. The diseased skin becomes thick and 
wrinkled, the constant irritation wears upon the animal so 
that loss of flesh, emaciation, debility, and even death may 
follow. 

TREATMENT. 

It is generally more difficult to treat successfully in damp 
seasons and in very fine wool sheep. As it is due to a par- 
asite, it of course, cannot originate spontaneously. 

As soon as the disease is noticed great care should be ex- 
ercised to prevent the diseased, or those with which they have 
associated from associating with fresh flocks. All the sheep 
in the flock, in which the disease has appeared, should be re- 
garded as having been exposed to the disease and subjected 
to treatment, calculated to destroy the parasites. 

For this purpose numerous dips are on the market. The 
prepared dips have as the active ingredient either Arsenic, 
Mercury, Carbolic Acid or Sulphur. 

Besides the prepared dips, an infusion of tobacco has met 
with considerable favor among western breeders. 

The selection of a remedy is not a matter of very grave 



State Veterinarian. 17 

Hog Cholera. 

importance. Any of the agents above mentioned may be 
prepared and applied so that very little risk of injury will 
be incurred to the sheep and at the same time be sure death 
to the parasite, if care be exercised to see that all parts of 
the body are subjected to treatment, so that none of the ver- 
min may escape. The dipping should be repeated so as to- 
destroy the product of unhatched eggs. 

Prevention: As the disease is due to a parasite, it can only 
be spread by carrying the parasite from the diseased to the 
healthy, which may occur either by actual association or by 
placing healthy sheep in pens that have been occupied by 
sheep suffering from scab; or any form of indirect contact, 
such, for instance, as driving a flock of healthy sheep 
through a narrow gate, through which scabby sheep have 
passed. 



HOG CHOLERA. 

The loss from this cause seems with each year to be 
decreasing. But a single outbreak was reported within the 
last year, which occurred in Grant county. 

It is hardly fair to infer, however, that this is the only 
place in the state in which the disease has prevailed, as 
many of the Boards of Health are lax in reporting, unless 
their communities are threatened with serious loss. The 
failure to report would seem to indicate that the losses if 
any have been small. 

Although this disease has been the subject of very care- 
full investigations by able Veterinarians, there seems yet 
to be much to' learn about it. 

In addition to the advice contained in the circular given 
in last report, there seems to be nothing to add except that 
the Bureau of Animal Industry have demonstrated the fact, 
that time is a valuable disinfectant in this disease. 
2— S. V. 



IS Report of the 



Anthrax and Other Diseases. 



Since writing the foregoing, information has been re- 
ceived of an outbreak of Hog Cholera in the town of Ful- 
ton, Rock county. To what extent the disease prevails I 
have not yet been able to ascertain. 



ANTHRAX. 

What was probably an outbreak of this disease occurred 
:September last in Marquette county, when a herd of cattle, 
which had been pastured on marshy ground in the Fox 
Hiver Valley, became infected. Five of them died suddenly 
and though I was unable to see any of the cases, from 
descriptions given me I am of the opinion that the disease 
was Anthrax. The remainder of the herd were removed to 
another pasture and the disease disappeared as suddenly as 
it came. 



OTHER DISEASES. 

Of the other diseases mentioned in the last year's report, 
no cases of Hydrophobia, Lung, Worms or Tuberculosis, 
have been reported since it was issued; though it is not 
unlikely that the latter disease exists to a limited degree. 

Some alarm and slight loss and inconvenience was caused 
by Mouth disease, which appeared in Burnett and Polk 
counties. 

In response to telegram I visited the town of Luck, in 
Polk county, in the fore part of September. 

I found a number of cattle and horses were suffering from 
a Mouth disease. A German Veterinarian who had ex- 
perience with Foot and Mouth disease in Europe, had given 
it as his opinion that the prevalent disorder was none other 
than that dreaded malady. 

Consequently considerable alarm had arisen. 



State Veterinarian. 19 

Other Diseases. 

Examination of a few cases convinced me of the error of 
that conclusion and satisfied me that it was the result of 
some irritant or poisonous element in the food. I was fur- 
ther assured in this view by the statements of a number of 
residents, all of whom agreed that they had never seen so 
much ergot, smut and rust on their crops as during the 
present season. 

The first noticeable symptom was considerable discharge 
of saliva from the mouth, followed by swelling of the 
tongue and loss of appetite, though no diarrhoea or other 
evidence of constitutional disturbance. 

The mucus membrane of the mouth began to slough off, 
about the third day, leaving extensive raw surfaces. 

In horses, the symptoms shown were similar, except that 
the lips were more swollen and covered with a crust of yel- 
low exudate. 

As soon as the sloughing process was completed, it usually 
took two or three days, the swelling began to disappear and 
the raw surfaces to heal rapidly, the appetite returned and 
the animal soon regained its former condition. 

On the night of the 12th of September, a frost occurred 
which destroyed the more tender vegetation, and also de- 
stroyed the irritating agent, which produced the symptoms 
above enumerated, so that no new cases of the disease have 
appeared since that date. 

That the trouble was due either to a plant or a plant pro- 
duct I have no doubt, but exactly what it was must for the 
time being remain a mystery, as the time given bet ween 
appearances of the disease and the destruction of the cause 
by frost was too short to admit of thorough investigation. 



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Diseased Meats. 



DISEASED MEATS. 

I submit the following letter from the Health Commis- 
sioner of Milwaukee: 

Milwaukee, October 15, 1888. 
V. T. Atkinson, V. S., State Veterinarian. 

Dear Sir: — In reply to your note requesting information 
regarding the disposition of animals suffering from contagi- 
ous or infectious diseases, as also the character of the dis- 
eases we have to deal with, I would say that during the 
twelve months past we have seized and condemned ten hogs, 
suffering from swine plagues, which animals were received 
from Decorah, Iowa, at the stock yards. Fortunately they 
were found by an officer of this department, shortly after 
their arrival. They were examined by an expert. Con- 
demned, killed and put in the offal tank, under the super- 
vision of the officer. We likewise have at various times, 
found animals (always young stock) suffering from Act- 
inomykosis styled by Fleming, " a new infectious disease of 
animals and mankind " and commonly known as lump jaw; 
of these we have seized and condemned ten since October 
31st, 1887, of these nine were steers and one a heifer. All 
were condemned and rendered into fertilizer. 

Several microscopic slides prepared at that time show the 
Actinomykosis tufts very distinctly, and in several cases the 
tubercular deposit, so characteristic of the disease, in its ad- 
vanced stages were found. I have heard some say that the 
flesh of such animals is not dangerous human food, but I 
believe it is sound policy to destroy all animals so tainted.. 

Yours very truly, 

R. Martin, M. D., 

Commissioner of Health.. 
Respectfully submitted, 

V. T. ATKINSON, 

State Veterinarian. 



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APPENDIX. 



CHAPTER 467, LAWS 1885. 

AN Act to suppress and prevent the spread of infectious 
and contagious diseases among domestic animals, and 
to provide for the appointment of a State Veterinarian. 

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate 
and assembly, do enact as follows: 

Section 1. The Governor of the state shall appoint a 
competent veterinary surgeon who shall be known as the 
State Veterinarian, said appointment to be by and with the 
approval of the senate, when in session, or if the senate is 
not in session, subject to its approval at next regular session 
thereafter. 

Section 2. It shall be the duty of the State Veterinarian 
to investigate any and all suspected contagious or infectious 
diseases among domestic animals in the state, of which he 
may have knowledge, or may be brought to his notice by 
any resident in the locality where such suspected disease 
exists, and in the absence of specific information he shall 
visit any locality in which he has reason to suspect the ex- 
istence of such disease. But he shall visit no locality for 
the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this bill, unless 
he be requested so to do, by the state, town, city or village 
board of health where the disease is supposed to exist, and 
he shall make an itemized account to the Governor, stating 
the time going and returning to the place, the amount of 
time occupied at the place where the disease is supposed to 
exist, together with his necessary expenses; which itemized 



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amount, together with his per diern, upon the approval of 
the Governor, shall be paid by the State Treasurer. He 
shall also make scientific study and investigation of all 
contagious diseases of domestic animals, and the cause, pre- 
vention and cures thereof, and the result of his investiga- 
tion and study shall be made part of his annual report here- 
inafter provided, giving in plain, ordinary language the 
symptoms by which such diseases may be identified, how 
liable to be introduced and spread, the causes and condi- 
tions which may contribute to the production of any such 
diseases and the sanitary or other measures best calculated 
to prevent the germination and spread of the same. He 
shall also co-operate with the State Board of Health in the 
management of all diseases which are common to men and 
animals, such as Glanders, Anthrax and Hydrophobia, or 
any condition of the domestic animals which is likely to af- 
fect the general health of mankind, such as render unwhole- 
some the use of their meats or milk; and he shall make any 
examinations asked for by said board, and make special re- 
port to it whenever required so to do. 

Section 3. The State Veterinarian is hereby authorized? 
if he deem it necessary, to order quarantine of any prem- 
ises upon which domestic animals are that are afflicted with 
contagious or infectious disease, or that are suspected to be 
afflicted with or that have been exposed to contagious or 
infectious disease, and to forbid the removal therefrom of 
any animals susceptible to such disease. Said order of 
quarantine to be in writing and served upon the owner or 
occupant of the premises upon which said diseased animals 
are, and notice thereof posted at the usual entrance to said 
premises. And in case said contagious or infectious dis- 
ease shall become epidemic in any locality, the State Veter- 
inarian shall immediately notify the Governor, who shall 
thereupon issue a proclamation quarantining said locality 
and forbidding the removal therefrom of any animal of the 
kind diseased, or of any kind susceptible to such disease, 



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without the permission of the State Veterinarian. Any per- 
son who shall remove or allow to be removed any domestic 
animal of the kind diseased, or susceptible to the disease,, 
from any premises so quarantined by the State Veterinarian 
or locality quarantined by the proclamation of the Gov- 
ernor, without permission of the State Veterinarian^ 
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished there- 
for by a fine of not less than twenty dollars and not 
more than two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment at 
hard labor not less than thirty days or more than one year,, 
and shall forfeit all right to idemnity as herein provided,., 
and be liable to all persons injured thereby for damages by 
them sustained. 

Section 4. In case of contagious or infectious diseases of 
malignant or very fatal nature, such as Rinderpest, Foot and 
Mouth disease, Pleuro-pneumonia, Anthrax and Texas Fever r . 
among bovines, Glanders among equines, Anthrax in sheep x 
and other diseases of like nature of fatal tendency, the 
State Veterinarian may, if in his judgment necessary, order 
slaughtered any diseased animal or animals or any animal 
or animals which have been exposed to such contagion or 
infection; but in case the State Veterinarian shall have any 
doubt concerning the nature of such disease or the advisa- 
bility of adopting such means, he shall have the right to- 
call in consultation one or two veterinary surgeons and to 
confer with the State Board of Health. He shall also have 
authority to order slaughtered any animal or animals he 
may deem necessary for the purpose of ascertaining the 
nature of such disease. 

Section 5. Whenever, as herein provided, the State 
Veterinarian shall deem the slaughter of any animal or an- 
imals necessary he shall notify in writing a justice of the 
peace of the county in which said diseased anima-* are, de~ 
scribing in such notice the diseased animals with reasonable 
certainty, and stating the name of the owner, when known,, 
and the disease with which the animals are afflicted. The 



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said justice of the peace, shall, after entering the same 
upon his docket, summons three disinterested citizens of the 
neighborhood to act as appraisers of the value of such ani- 
mals. Said appraisers shall, before entering upon the dis- 
charge of their duties, be sworn to make a true and faith- 
ful appraisement of the value of said animals, without prej- 
udice or favor. They shall, after making their appraise- 
ment, make a return to said justice of the peace; such re- 
turn shall contain an accurate description of each animal, 
together with the appraised value thereof, and the name of 
the owner, when known, and be signed by the appraisers, a 
separate one to be made for each owner. And the justice 
of the peace shall, after entering the same in his docket 
and making an endorsement upon each showing it to have 
been properly recorded, return it, together with a copy of 
the notice of the State Veterinarian, to the owner of the 
animals to be slaughtered. And it shall be the duty of the 
State Veterinarian to superintend the slaughter of such an- 
imals, the disposal of their carcasses, in a manner which to 
him seems bj^,, and at all times to provide for the proper 
disinfecting of infected premises, within the meaning of 
this act. He shall cause the slaughter, disposal of carcasses 
and disinfecting to be done as cheaply as practicable, and 
pay the expenses of the same, and be reimbursed as pro- 
vided for other expenses in section 10 of this act. He shall 
also furnish the owner with a certificate of the slaughter, 
and state therein whether or not, in his judgment, the 
owner has forfeited his right to indemnity. 

Section 6. It .shall be unlawful to bring into this state 
any domestic animal affected with or that has been exposed 
to any infectious or contagious disease; and whenever the 
State Veterinarian shall have reason to believe that there is 
danger of the introduction into O's state of contagious or 
infectious disease among domestic animals from localities 
outside of the state, he shall immediately investigate; and 
if in his judgment, conditions exist which endanger the 



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health of the domestic animals of the state he shall imme- 
diately notify the Governor and recommend such restric- 
tions as he may deem necessary; and the Governor shall, if 
in his judgment necessary, thereupon, by proclamation, 
designate such localities and prohibit from them the impor- 
tation of any animals of the kind diseased into this state, 
except under such restrictions as the State Veterinarian may 
deem proper. And any person or persons who shall know- 
ingly bring into this state any animal affected with or that 
has been exposed to any contagious or infectious disease, or 
any person or persons who shall, after the issuing of the 
Governor's proclamation herein provided, receive in charge 
any animal or animals from any one of said designated locali- 
ties, and transport or convey the same within the state, shall 
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished therefor 
by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars, and not more 
than two thousand dollars, or be imprisoned at hard labor 
not less than six months nor more than two years in the 
county jail and forfeit all right to indemnity as herein pro- 
vided, and be liable to all pesons injured thereby for dam- 
ages by them sustained. Any corporation violating any of 
the provisions of this section, shall forfeit not less than two 
hundred dollars, or more than two thousand dollars, and be 
liable to all persons injured thereby for damages by them 
sustained. 

Section 7. It shall be the duty of any person or the agent 
of any corporation who shall have reason to suspect that 
there is upon their premises any animal or animals affected 
with contagious or infectious disease, to immediately report 
the same to the State Veterinarian, or some members of the 
state, or of some local board of health, whose duty it shall 
be to report the same to the State Veterinarian, and failure 
to so report or any attempt to conceal the exist snce of such 
disease, or to obstruct or resist the State Veterinarian in 
the performance of his duty as herein set forth, or to sell, 
offer for sale, give away, or in any manner part with any 



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animal affected with or suspected to be affected with, or 
that has been exposed to any contagious or infectious dis- 
ease, and any person convicted of any of the above acts or 
omissions, shall be fined not less than twenty and not more 
than two hundred dollars, or be imprisoned at hard labor 
not less than thirty days or more than one year for each 
offense and shall forfeit all right to indemnity as herein 
provided and be liable to all persons injured thereby for 
damages by them sustained. The provisions of this act 
shall apply to all animals in this state whether resident or 
in transit, and the State Veterinarian is thereby authorized 
to enter any premises where he has reason to suspect dis- 
eased animals are confined, and he may call to his aid, when 
necessary, the sheriff or any constable of the county in 
which the diseased or infected animals are; and it is hereby 
made the duty of such officers to assist the State Veteri- 
narian to enforce the provisions of this act when called 
upon so to do. 

Section 8. All claims against the state arising from the 
slaughter of animals, as herein provided, shall be made by 
filing with the Secretary of State, a copy of the State Vet- 
erinarian's notice to the justice of the peace and return of 
the appraisers, which notice and return shall be certified to 
by the justice of the peace on whose docket they are re- 
corded, and the certificate of the slaughter of the animals 
signed by the State Veterinarian. The Secretary of State 
shall examine the same without delay, and for each one 
found equitable and entitled to indemnity, he shall issue a 
"warrant upon the State Treasurer for two thirds the sum of 
money named in the appraisers' return, to be paid out of an 
appropriation provided for by this act. 

Section 9. The right to indemnity shall not exist, and 
payments shall not be made in the following cases: First, 
for animals belonging to the United States, this state, or 
any city, county, township or village in the state. Second, 
for animals that have been brought into the state contrary 



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to the provisions of section 6, or where the owner or claim- 
ant shall have failed to comply with the provisions of sec- 
tions 3 and 7 of this act. Third, when the owner or claim- 
ant at the time of coming into possession of the animal, 
knew it to be diseased. Fourth, for animals found to have 
been diseased at the time of their arrival in the state. 

Section 10. The State Veterinarian shall receive for his 
services the sum of seven dollars per diem together with his 
necessary expenses when performing his duties, and his ap- 
pointment shall be for a term of two years. The veterinary 
surgeons called in consultation shall receive the sum of 
seven dollars per day for each day actually employed and 
their necessary expenses while performing their duties. 
These payments shall be made by the State Treasurer from 
an appropriation provided by this act upon itemized vouch- 
ers approved by the Governor. And no person shall be 
considered a veterinary surgeon within the meaning of this 
act who is not a regular graduate in good standing of some 
recognized veterinary college in the United States, Canada 
or Europe. The appraisers herein provided shall receive 
the sum of two dollars for each day actually employed as 
such, to be paid out of the county funds upon certificate of 
the justice of the peace by whom they were summoned. 
The justice of the peace, sheriff and constable shall re- 
ceive their fees from their respective counties as provided 
by law in criminal cases. 

Section 11. The State Veterinarian shall in October of 
each year make a report to the Governor of the state. 

Section 12. There is hereby annually appropriated from 
any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated 
a sum sufficient to carry out the provisions of this act. 

Section 13. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent here- 
with are hereby repealed. 

Section 14. This act shall take effect and be in force 
from and after its passage and publication. 

Approved April 13, 1885. 



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CHAPTER 76, LAWS 1887. 

AN ACT to amend chapter 467, laws of 1885, entitled, "An 
act to suppress and prevent the spread of infectious and 
contagious diseases among domestic animals and to pro- 
vide for the appointment of a State Veterinarian." 

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate 
and assembly, do enact as follows: 

Section 1. Section 2, of chapter 467, laws of 1885, is 
hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 2. It 
shall be the duty of the State Veterinarian to suppress and 
prevent the introduction or spread of contagious disease 
among domestic animals; to co-operate with the State Board 
of Health in the management of such diseases as are com- 
mon to man and animals, or any condition of the lower 
animals likely to affect the general health of mankind. He 
shall make scientific study and such investigations and 
experiments as he shall deem necessary, and he shall gather 
and diffuse information relative to the contagious and infec- 
tious diseases of animals. 

Section 2. Section 3, of chapter 467, laws of 1885, is 
hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 3. It is 
hereby made the duty of the various town, village and city 
boards of health to take cognizance of contagious and in- 
fectious diseases among animals, and to report all cases 
coming under their observation to the State Veterinarian. 
It is also made their duty to prevent the spread of such dis- 
eases, and to co-operate with the State Veterinarin, and the 
local boards of health, or the health officer, are authorized 
to order quarantine of any animal affected with contagious 
or infectious disease, or any animal suspected of being af- 
fected with or has been exposed to .such disease, and to for- 
bid the removal of such animals from any premises where 
they may be kept. And in cases where they are unable to 



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determine the nature of any disease, the said local boards 
may request the State Veterinarian to make such investi- 
gation as may be necessary. Any person who shall remove 
or allow to be removed any domestic animal so quarantined 
by the local boards of health or health officers without per- 
mission from competent authority shall be guilty of a mis- 
demeanor and be punished therefor by a fine of not less than 
twenty dollars and not more than two hundred dollars, or 
by imprisonment at hard labor of not less than thirty days 
nor more than one year, and shall forfeit all right to indem- 
nity as herein provided, and be liable to all persons injured 
thereby for damages by them sustained. The State Veter- 
inarian is hereby authorized, if he deem it necessary, to 
order quarantine of any premises upon which domestic ani- 
mals are, that are afflicted with contagious or infectious 
disease, or that are suspected to be affected with such dis- 
ease, or have been exposed to contagious or infectious dis- 
ease, and to forbid the removal therefrom of any animals 
susceptible to such disease, said order of quarantine to be 
in writing and served upon the owner or occupant of the 
premises upon which said diseased animals are, and notice 
thereof posted at the usual entrance to said premises, and 
in case said contagious or infectious disease shall become 
epidemic in any locality, the State Veterinarian shall im- 
mediately notify the Governor, who shall thereupon, if he 
deem it necessary, issue a proclamation quarantining said 
locality, and forbidding the removal therefrom of any ani- 
mal of the kind diseased, or any kind susceptible to such 
disease, without permission of the State Veterinarian. Any 
person who shall remove or allow to be removed any domes- 
tic animal of. the kind diseased, or susceptible to such dis- 
ease, from any premises so quarantined by the State Veter- 
inarian, or locality quarantined by the proclamation of the 
Governor, without permission of the State Veterinarian, 
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished therefor by 
a fine of not less than twenty dollars nor more than two 



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hundred dollars, or by imprisonment at hard labor not 
less than than thirty days nor more than one year, and 
shall forfeit all rights to indemnity as herein provided, and 
Reliable to all persons injured thereby for damages by them 
sustained. 

Section 3. Section 5, of chapter 467, of the laws of 1885, 
is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 5. 
Whenever, as herein provided, the State Veterinarian shall 
deem the slaughter of any animal or animals necessary, he 
shall notify in writing, a justice of the peace of the county 
in which said diseased animals are, describing in said no- 
tice, the diseased animals with reasonable certainty, stating 
the name of the owner when known. The said justice of 
the peace shall, after entering the same upon his docket, 
summon three disinterested citizens who shall not be resi- 
dents of the immediate neighborhood in which the animals 
are owned or kept. The said appraisers shall, before enter- 
ing upon the discharge of their duties, be sworn to make a 
true and faithful appraisement of the value of said animals 
without prejudice or favor, and said appraisers shall certify 
in their return, that they have seen said animals destroyed, 
and in making the appraisement, the value put upon the 
animals shall be what they are worth at the time of ap- 
praisal. If any animal be diseased at the time of the ap- 
praisement, that fact shall be taken into consideration, and 
the value put upon it shall be what it shall be worth in its 
diseased condition. In the case of horse afflicted with Glan- 
ders, the appraised value shall in no case exceed fifty dol- 
lars. It shall be the duty of the local health officer or the 
chairman of the board of health to superintend the slaugh- 
ter of said animal and to provide for the disposal of the car- 
casses, and disinfection of the premise?. The justice of the 
peace, when satisfied of the fact shall issue to the owner, a 
certificate of slaughter, and shall state therein whether or 
not, in his judgment, the owner is entitled to indemnity. 

Section 4. Section 7, of chapter 467, laws of 1885, is 



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hereby amended by inserting between the words, "disease" 
and "or" in the tenth line of said section the following: Or 
to permit any animal affected with contagious or infectious 
disease to run at large or associate with other animals sus- 
ceptible to such disease; also by omitting the words, "State 
Veterinarian or of some members of the state, or of some," 
in lines six and seven of said section, so that said section 
when so amended shall read as follows: Section 7. It shall 
be the duty of any person or the agent of any corporation 
who shall have reason to suspect that there is upon their 
premises any animal or animals affected with contagious or 
infectious disease, to immediately report the same to the 
local board of health, whose duty it shall be to report the 
same to the State Veterinarian, and failure to so report or 
any attempt to conceal the existence of such disease, or to 
permit any animal affected with contagious or infectious 
disease to run at large or associate with other animals sus- 
ceptible to such disease, or to obstruct or resist the State 
Veterinarian in the performance of his duty as herein set 
forth, or to sell, offer for sale, gWe away, or in any manner 
part with any animal affected with, or suspected to be af- 
fected with, or that has been exposed to any contagious 
or infectious disease, and any person convicted of any of 
the'' above acts or omissions, shall be fined not less than 
twenty and not more than two hundred dollars, or be im- 
prisoned at hard labor, not less than thirty days or more 
than one year for each offense, and shall forfeit all right to 
indemnity as herein provided, and be liable to all persons in- 
jured thereby for damages by them sustained. The provisions 
of this act shall apply to all animals in this state whether 
resident or in transit, and the State Veterinarian is hereby 
authorized to enter any premises where he has reason to 
suspect diseased animals are confined, and he may call to 
his aid, when necessary, the sheriff or any constable of the 
county in which the diseased or infected animals are; and 
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Veterinarian to enforce the provisions of this act when called 
upon so to do. 

Section 5. Section 8, of chapter 467, laws of 1885, is 
hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 8. All 
claims against the state arising from the slaughter of ani- 
mals as herein provided, shall be made by filing with the 
Secretary of State a copy of the State Veterinarian's notice 
to the justice of the peace and return of the appraisers, 
which notice and return shall be certified to by the justice 
of the peace, on whose docket they are recorded. The Sec- 
retary of State shall examine the same, and if satisfied that 
the amount awarded is just and the owner entitled to in- 
demnity, he shall issue a warrant on the State Treasurer for 
two-thirds the sum named in the appraisers' return; but if he 
shall have reason to believe that the appraised value is 
greater than the real value of the animals, he shall be au- 
thorized to settle with the owner for such less sum as he 
shall deem just. 

Section 6. Section 9, of chapter 467, laws of 1885, is 
hereby amended by adding at the end thereof, the following: 
Fifth. Or when the owner shall have been guilty of negli- 
gence or willfully exposing his animals to the influence of 
infectious or contagious diseases. 

Section 7. Section 10, of chapter 467, of the laws of 
1885, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 
10. The State Veterinarian shall receive for his services 
the sum of two thousand dollars per annum, and there 
shall be allowed for experimental purposes a sum not to ex- 
ceed five hundred dollars annually, and a sum sufficient to 
cover his actual and necessary traveling expenses, said 
sum for experimental purposes and traveling expenses to 
be approved by the Governor. He shall also be entitled to 
receive the necessary postage, stationery and usual supplies 
for the use of his office. He shall from time to time issue such 
bulletins of information as he shall deem advisable, which, 
together with his report to the Governor, shall be printed in 



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such numbers as may be necessary, by the state printer. 
He may deliver lectures upon veterinary science in the ag- 
ricultural department of the University, when the same 
shall not interfere with his other duties. The veterinary 
surgeons called in consultation shall receive the sum of 
seven dollars per day for each day actually employed, and 
their necessary expenses while performing their duties. 
They shall be paid upon itemized vouchers certified by the 
State Veterinarian and approved by the Governor. And 
no person shall be considered a veterinary surgeon within the 
meaning of this act who is not a regular graduate in good 
standing of some veterinary college in the United States, 
Canada or Europe. The appraisers herein provided shall 
receive the sum of two dollars for each day actually em- 
ployed as such, to be paid out of the county funds upon 
certificate of the justice of the peace by whom they were 
summoned. The justices of the peace, sheriff and constable 
shall receive their fees from their respective counties, as 
provided by law in criminal cases. 

Section 8. Section 12 of this act, to which this is amenda- 
tory, is hereby declared to be made applicable to the provis- 
inos of this act. 

Section 9. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with 
the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. 

Section 10. This act shall take effect and be in force 
from and after its passage and publication. 

Approved March 21, 1887. 
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